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New low-cost figures available
… 5cm). I hav Capt. Jack Sparrow at the wheel of one Springer tug & I can shear off Hagrid at the ankles to get him at the helm of my next Springer. Hagrid is an imposing figure, he is 5-1/2 cm wide at the elbow. And of course every ship need …
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Bugsier 18
Part of my tug boat fleet; Bugsier 18. Some not quite completed photos.
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Just a little sailing at Spencer's pool
… ple of members went for a morning sail I had may North Rock tug & a fellow member was checking out his latest R/C model that I really like the looks of her I forgot the ships name but the fellow running her said it was a Steam research vess …
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Navigation lights
Nick This is one of my Tug's, I used 0402 size SMD for all the lights. here is a like to a resistor calculator that I have used that worked for me. Fred https://www.engineersedge.com/instrumentation/series_parallel_led/series_parallel_led_c …
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Re: Aft hatch fittings and tow rope rails
Apparently according to this link, there were two tugboats with the same name. The Billings kit is smaller than the second vessel, which has twin exhausts and the aft is open. https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/media/banckert.47846/ You can see …
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A blast from the past
… servos. Used it with my 42 inch scratch built Standard Oil tug scaled up from a plastic kit. Lew Florida, USA
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Re: Aft hatch fittings and tow rope rails
… you painting the upper decks? Here is a webste with actual tugboats that may help in selecting a color as there are options. Some decks are not painted the same color as bulwarks, while others, the deck is painted up to the edge of a raili …
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Nathan Phillips Square Fun Day
Picnic Table is for real on Pete Spencer’s tugboat when not at work. He does community social activities throughout the year using the Loganville. Maybe I should add all of those banners and flags to the model, making it a real eye catching …
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Re: Prop and prop shaft
… s available combinations. The top one on the list is in the tug pictures 2/3/4 running on a 12v 7ah sla battery with a 60mm 3 blade brass prop. That gives a run time of between 2 and 4 hours. Total running weight is 8.85 kilos . The last 2 …
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Nathan Phillips Square Fun Day
… the drawings. It was my first attempt at scratch building a tug.
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The chain of command
… vided. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER Barely clears small huts, Loses tug-of-war with small engine, (Wins tug of war with an engine when assisted) Can fire a speeding bullet, Swims well. Is occasionally addressed by GOD LIEUTENANT Sometimes clears a …
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Re: Motor ?
Good evening Marky, I have a a large tug running on a 540 motor using a 12v 7ah sla battery with no issues, gives about 90 minutes running on full power while towing or up to 2.5 hours running solo. As the 550 is much more efficient motor i …
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Flower Class Corvette
… s “resident historian” that the Sudbury was a fairly famous tug on the coast for salvages and long tows, Vessel started life as HMCS Sudbury a world war II Flower class corvette and was converted after the war to a tug by Island Tug and Bar …
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Starter for 10
… and that will give me a template if I want to make another tug .
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A box has arrived.....
The big reveal folks! The boat is a Tollman, a River tug that worked on the Humber Trent and Ouse rivers from 1931 to the 1960s. She has a drop down funnel (which I will make operational) for clearing low bridges. This is the first MMM ship …
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Towing Barge
… from a MMI plan from ply. Look realistic when towed with a tug and used to see similar on the Mersey many years ago. For ballast I use milk bottles that I fill with water at the pondside and place in the model at the lakeside. Much easier …
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Superstructure paint, glazing and freeing ports.
… hed, filled imperfections and sanded .now, I tend to run my tugs on the lighter edge of their ballast range, as I think they are more lively when maneuvering. If I’m given a waterline range, I shoot for ballasting at the lower half of the r …
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HMCS GLENSIDE
… ne, I’m currently building 1/32nd model of the Canadian WW2 tug Glenside. The tug was built for the Canadian navy in the forties. Some of the Glen class tugs were sold to Foundation Maritime. I will be making this tug as per the Foundation …
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Coxswain
… just for the soft rubber tyres, to use as fenders around my tugs. Happy rummaging.
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FAIRHAVEN LAKE MODEL BOAT CLUB (FORMERLY BLACKPOOL AND FYLDE MODEL BOAT CLUB))
… cale warships (1/120th scale PT boat about 6” long) through tugs, trawlers and launches to various sizes of yacht. There is very little interest in competitive sailing, we do it mostly for relaxation and the enjoyment of seeing a good-looki …
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Re: African Queen build
… dy have a few easy to build kits in production. The Harbour Tug is in the drawing board. This is me applying their Shop sign.
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Re: Long Island
… ith metal as well as wood, so I made the rear H-bitt on the tug Long Island out of brass. It is through bolted with a backing plate under the deck. Other metal and wood project was a 1" to 1' model of a 24 pounder muzzle loaded gun. Not a b …
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Bottom Paint, Decking, Grating.
… today and did some work on the grating at the stern of the tug. Will be painting the sides of the hull black in a day or so. She will not look newly painted for long as I like to weather my ships. Tomorrow will be making deck fittings and …
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http://towingline.com/
If you like tugboats check out this link. But, he also posts news about other types of vessels. Check out this research vessel, for those scratch builders. It is in the current newsletter post. Also look for the unique vessels used in the w …
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Rawdon Model Boat Club Open Day 10/06/2023
… every class of boat you can think of, including, Trawlers, Tugs, Warships, Cargo ships, Fast Electric Racing boats (note; Internal Combustion Engines not allowed), and Racing Yachts. You will be sure of a warm welcome at our friendly clubh …
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Rochester, NY. Scale model boat club?
CHUGALONE, my zippkits tug has no interior yet, but i will be adding some. Perhaps a camera too for FPV. And the exterior needs details added too. Here is the innards in case you care. ZIPPKITS universal didn't last very long. I bought some …
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Hochseeschlepper Zwarte Zee
Hello Here I present my Zwarte Zee. A Dutch ocean-going tug. As extras I installed a rotating radar and 3 fire monitors, which are fed by a water pump of a car windshield washer system. 1 monitor faces bow and 2 monitors face port and starb …
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Foundation Franklin
… 60 Inches long. I am presently building another Foundation Tug. I plan to build a few tugs from the Foundation Fleet where i am retired now and have plenty of time to dedicate to this great hobby.